Dr Bob’s Hop Across Scotland

By alex on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 in Inspiration for fundraisers

Fife GP Bob Grant - “Dr Bob” to his friends - recently completed an impressive 100 mile “Hop Across Scotland” to raise money for Maggie’s Centres. With the aid of his trusty crutches, Dr Bob walked from Bowling in Dumbartonshire to Kirkcaldy in Fife, visiting Maggie’s Centres in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife along the way.

This is Dr Bob’s third walk for charity and his second for Maggie’s Centres, which help people adjust to living with cancer by providing patients, families and friends with support in carefully designed centres located close to an NHS hospital.

Dr Bob’s influential career in the field of cancer has been intertwined with his own experiences ever since he was diagnosed with a non-Hodgkins lymphoma in his thigh bone at the age of just 15. In 2001, after a bad break, his leg problems returned, culminating in eventual amputation in 2002.

Cara Dodson, the Community Fundraiser for Maggie’s Fife had this to say about Dr Bob’s amazing achievement:

“Dr Bob is a phenomenal fundraiser. His enthusiasm and love of a challenge has encouraged people to get involved and join him on his ‘Hop’, raising thousands of pounds for his local Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre in Fife. We rely on public fundraising to run our network of Cancer Caring Centres across the UK. Dr Bob not only raises funds for Maggie’s, but also spreads the word about the free support we offer to people with cancer and their carers, family and friends. We are very thankful to him for his ongoing and tireless work.”

You can view Dr Bob’s JustGiving page and make a donation here, and you can see his photos and blog posts from the event at: www.bobswalk.co.uk.

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